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Access practical, hands-on tools, resources and knowledge to help you address your municipality’s unique challenges. Whether you’re looking to refine your project idea or build local capacity, our expert resources are designed to bring clarity and vision to your project or goal—no matter where you’re starting from.

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Energy

Factsheets: Community Buildings Retrofit initiative

Learn how to retrofit existing community buildings to lower GHG emissions and extend their life cycle.

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Community efficiency financing

Case Study: An innovative path toward net-zero homes

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Energy

Webinar recording: How to start reducing GHG emissions in community buildings

Watch the discussion on how to create a GHG reduction pathway for community buildings.

Energy | Housing

Case study: How one affordable housing provider created a net zero strategy

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Water

Case study: St. Andrews revitalizes community after wastewater plant upgrades

Upgrades to the St. Andrews wastewater treatment plant support a healthier watershed and help renew coastal economic activity. Learn more in this case study.

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Land Use

Webinar recording: How to build partnerships to help revitalize your brownfields

Waterfronts were once bustling engines of a past industrial economy; some now sit vacant — void of the productivity that once supported their communities.

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Water

Guide: Best practices for scoping a wastewater upgrade project

Get your wastewater project off to a successful start with these best practices in defining project scope and engaging stakeholders. Part one in a three-part article series.

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Video: Green Municipal Fund—Working with you every step of the way

The Green Municipal Fund (GMF) is a unique program that provides funding and knowledge services to support sustainable community development. GMF-supported initiatives aim to improve air, water, and land, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Case Study

Water

Case study: Expansion of the Water Pollution Control Centre

The focus of this project was to enhance Barrie's wastewater treatment to accommodate municipal growth and improve the quality of the water flowing out of the plant and into Kempenfelt Bay.

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Water

Guide: Lessons in planning and designing a wastewater plant upgrade

Learn how to avoid one of the most common mistakes in wastewater plant upgrade projects: insufficient planning and analysis. Part two in a three-part article series.

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Water

Guide: Tips for the building phase of a wastewater plant upgrade

Discover four practices that will help make the procurement, construction and start-up phase of your project a success. Part three in a three-part article series.

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Waste

Six sustainability ideas that have gone mainstream in Canada: Article series

In a series of six articles, we explore inspiring projects and sustainability solutions being implemented in cities and towns of all sizes across Canada.

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Land Use

Webinar recording: Fostering brownfield redevelopment

Learn best practices in brownfield revitalization you can apply in your municipality, and understand FCM's brownfield funding opportunities and resources.

Case Study

Water

Quebec City launches innovative in situ project for managing sediment-derived phosphorus

To restore the highly eutrophicated Saint-Augustin Lake and prevent the proliferation of cyanobacteria, Quebec City conducted two field tests to determine the effectiveness of various nutrient control techniques.

Case Study

Water

Wastewater case studies: Solutions and strategies

Read the case studies of GMF-funded initiatives and learn tips and best practices you can apply to your own wastewater treatment plant projects and upgrades.

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Water

Tool: Checklist for a successful wastewater treatment plant upgrade

Follow this checklist based on best practices to help ensure success and address key issues during each phase of your project.

Case Study

Energy

Case study: Sunshine Coast completes regional energy and sustainability plan

The Sunshine Coast Regional District developed two plans that move it toward a more sustainable future.

Case study: Three townships collaborate on sustainability plan

To pool knowledge and reduce spending, three large townships with small populations adopted a joint plan to improve economic, environmental and social conditions in Ontario's rural North Durham region.

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Water

Case study: Shoreline plan strikes a balance

The Municipality of Chatham-Kent developed a sustainable community plan for its shoreline areas.

Case study: City of Sarnia Integrated Community Sustainability Plan

Sarnia's Integrated Community Sustainability Plan (ICSP) brings together initiatives already underway to optimize budgets, personnel and other resources across municipal departments.